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MLI September Newsletter

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Report review: Sustaining Education as a Common Good in the Age of AI: The Case for Deliberative Governance

by Bill Corcoran Artificial intelligence (AI) is widely used in classrooms globally, but public governance is struggling to keep pace with its adoption, a new UNESCO discussion paper warns. Students and educators globally are using AI tools daily, often without any institutional guidance, training, or policy support, according to the briefing. Used well and governed

Why Cybersecurity Literacy in Primary School Can’t Wait: The SECURE Solution

by Dr Rachel Farrell, Director, UCD Centre for Cyber Resilience Education  From passwords and personal data to fake content, cyber careers and AI, primary school children need more than online security warnings – they need the knowledge and confidence to understand the digital world. Children already grow up in a world shaped by platforms, devices, data

Copyright and human creativity in the age of AI

The future of copyright and human creativity in the age of AI will be examined during a major conference in Dublin next month. The Copyright and Human Creativity in the Age of AI event aims to determine the best way of ensuring that human creativity remains valued and protected amid the rapid technological changes the

FraudSMART wants people to ‘See the Scam Behind the Screen’

Scams are no longer an occasional nuisance. They are a daily reality – and most people still do not know how to respond when one lands in their inbox, according to new research from FraudSMART, the fraud awareness initiative led by Banking & Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI). Published on 14 September 2026, the research showed

MLI July Newsletter

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Mental Health Crisis in Journalism and Reporting on Mental Illness

by Dr Anne O’Brien, Maynooth University International research shows that journalists are experiencing a mental health crisis in the form of depression, stress, burnout and suicide ideation. Maynooth University’s Dr Anne O’ Brien in collaboration with Shine, Ireland’s national agency for support, advocacy and education for mental illness, are undertaking research to better understand the

Empowering Disabled People Through AI Literacy: Introducing AILiFE+

by Dr Stefanie Havelka, Assistant Professor, College of Social Sciences and Law/School of Information and Communication Studies, University College Dublin AILiFE+ (Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Inclusion, Futures and Employment) is funded by Research Ireland and led by researchers at the School of Information and Communication Studies at UCD, in partnership with Independent Living Movement Ireland (ILMI). The